2018 Zambia Demographic and Health Survey
Sixth Edition

Zambia

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ZMB-ZSA-ZDHS-2018-V1.0

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Zambia Statistics Agency

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weight at birth/recall (m19a)

Data file: ZMBR71FL

Overview

Valid: 9959

Invalid: 28487

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 8

Range: 0 - 9

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0	not weighed	1673	16.8%
1	from written card	4890	49.1%
2	from mother's recall	2912	29.2%
8	don't know	484	4.9%
9	special answers	0	0%
Sysmiss		28487

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

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